Dictionary entry

Equine

Webster's Dictionary 1913

E″quine (?), a. [L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. �, Skr. a�va, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. j�r, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a� to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. Hippopotamus.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.

The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. Sir J. Barrow.